Google only uses their patents defensively when sued for patent infringment. A world without patents would result in the same result for them but with less over

Google only uses their patents defensively when sued for patent infringment. A world without patents would result in the same result for them but with less overhead. In this landscape where it's almost impossible to build products without stepping on patents, the only way to defend a large company against being bled to the bone by patent lawsuits is to have a deep warchest of patents to file countersuits, basically just MAD for software.